Re: converting Xywrite text files en masse to Word?

["Lawrence Malkin" malkinlit@xxxxxxxx]

1. Look up "convert documents" on the MS Word section of your
OfficeXP. That should explain how to convert documents back and
forth from MS-DOS to Word via the "Batch Covention Wizard" (which
definitely does not deserve an Oscar). If it's unclear--which it
probably is, since it's written by geeks, call Microsoft and pay
them $35 to walk you through it slowly.

  2. Substitute in your computer an old copy of MS Word or MS
Works (the simpler version of Word, which is what I use) for the
awful new program which, cointgains MS/DOS only in the "batch
conversion file." .

  As far as I know,none of these conversion methods save
things like italics, boldface, etc. in Wortd text or .doc files,
and you have to do it file by file anyway each time you send a
final text to an editor. I don't find that onerous.

Best regards,

Larry Malkin

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Subject: converting Xywrite text files en masse to Word?


> Dear Xyrite mavens: I know how I currently convert, one file at
a time,
> Xywrite to Word for use by editors and myself later at other
computers: I
> type in a macro command (I think it's called) that strips out
the specialized
> symbols in Xywrite (the macro command has the instruction lp
e-mail.prn, and
> it was prepared for me by an expert, presumably loads in a
macro filed called
> "e-mail.prn"). And then I send from my Xywrite directory that
file to
> mydocuments folder the file, renamed with .doc suffix. Presto:
I have a Word
> document. But how do I do that for hundreds of important files
I have on
> Xywrite? I'm using Xywrite III+, the DOS version. But in the
new computers
> you buy today, there's no allowance for an MS-DOS program, so
how can I
> convert hundreds of selected text files to Word and strip out
the Xywrite
> symbols that make Xywrite files virtually unreadable in Word? I
don't have
> much in the way of computer skills myself, so I want to know if
there's a
> prexisting program out there that does that , or is there a
file on a Xywrite
> website that you can download, or what any of you would
suggest? Thanks, Art.
>
>